| n. | 1. | A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera. |
| Noun | 1. | scenario - an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) |
| 2. | scenario - a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror" | |
| 3. | scenario - a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack" |